National Presidential election Date: 19 May 2017

The Cabinet of Iran is a formal body composed of government officials, ministers, chosen and led by a President. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Parliament. According to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the President may dismiss members of the cabinet, but must do so in writing, and new appointees must again be approved by the Parliament. The cabinet meets weekly on Saturdays in Tehran. There may be additional meetings if circumstances require it. The president chairs the meetings.

Hassan Rouhani was elected as President of Iran in 2013 presidential election and took office on 3 August 2013. He nominated his coalition cabinet members to the parliament for vote of confidence on the next day. 15 out of 18 designated ministers was confirmed by the parliament.

New Cabinet has not yet been declared but since President Rouhani has been re elected as president of Iran it is likely he may continue with his current cabinet with some reshuffles.

Office

Incumbent

Party (Affiliation)

Since

Presidency

President

Hassan Rouhani

Moderation and Development Party

03-08-2013

First Vice President

Eshaq Jahangiri

Executives of Construction Party (R)

04-08-2013

Chief of Staff

Mohammad Nahavandian

Islamic Coalition Party (P)

04-08-2013

Ministers

Agricultural

Mahmoud Hojjati

Islamic Iran Participation Front (R)

15-08-2013

Communication

Mahmoud Vaezi

Moderation and Development Party

15-08-2013

Labour

Ali Rabei

Islamic Labour Party (R)

15-08-2013

Culture

Reza Salehi Amiri

Moderation and Development Party

01-11-2016

Defense

Hossein Dehghan

Independent

15-08-2013

Finance

Ali Tayebnia

Independent Reformist

15-08-2013

Education

Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani

Islamic Iran Participation Front (R)

01-11-2016

Energy

Hamid Chitchian

Independent

15-08-2013

Foreign Affairs

Mohammad Javad Zarif

Independent

15-08-2013

Health

Hassan Hashemi

Independent

15-08-2013

Business

Mohammadreza Nematzadeh

Moderation and Development Party

15-08-2013

Intelligence

Mahmoud Alavi

Resistance Front of Islamic Iran (P)

15-08-2013

Interior

Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli

Independent Principlist

15-08-2013

Justice

Mostafa Pourmohammadi

Combatant Clergy Association (P)

15-08-2013

Petroleum

Bijan Namdar Zanganeh

Executives of Construction Party (R)

15-08-2013

Science

Mohammad Farhadi

Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society (R)

26-11-2014

Transportation

Abbas Ahmad Akhondi

Independent Reformist

15-08-2013

Sports

Masoud Soltanifar

National Trust Party (R)

01-11-2016

Vice Presidents

Atomic Energy

Ali Akbar Salehi

Independent

16-08-2013

Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Zahra Ahmadipour

Independent Reformist

06-11-2016

Environmental Protection

Masoumeh Ebtekar

Islamic Iran Participation Front (R)

10-09-2013

Executive Affairs

Mohammad Shariatmadari

Association for Defence of Revolution Values (R)

08-10-2013

Legal

Majid Ansari

Association of Combatant Clerics (R)

12-07-2016

Martyrs and Veterans

Mohammad-Ali Shahidi

Independent

05-09-2013

Parliamentary

Hossein Ali Amiri

Independent

12-07-2016

National Elites

Sorena Sattari

Independent

05-10-2013

Supervision and Strategic

Mohammad Bagher Nobakht

Moderation and Development Party

01-09-2013

Women and Family Affairs

Shahindokht Molaverdi

Islamic Iran Participation Front (R)

08-10-2013

Administrative and Employment Affairs

Jamshid Ansari

Independent Reformist

02-08-2016

Iran Presidential election Voting Live 2017

32 million Iranians have voted in election, i.e nearly 57 % turnout.

Polls close at 23:00 PM local time, voting hours have been extended as the country has seen in previous elections, amid expectations of a high turnout.

Iranians overseas also will vote in over 300 locations, including 55 in the U.S., where more than 1 million Iranians live.

Some 63,500 polling stations opened at 08:00 local time (0330 GMT) Friday for long lines which had already formed around the country where more than 56 million are eligible to vote.

Iran Presidential election Results Live 2017

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Electoral system of Iran

The President of Iran is the country's highest directly elected official, the chief of the executive branch, and the second most important position after the Supreme. The armed forces, Chief judiciary system, state television, and other key governmental organizations are under the control of the Supreme. It is also an informal custom that cabinet ministers for sensitive departments like foreign relations and intelligence are coordinated with the Supreme Leader. Of note, the current long-time Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has been ruling for nearly three decades, has been issuing decrees and making the final decisions on economy, environment, foreign policy, national planning such as population growth, and everything else in Iran. Khamenei also makes the final decisions on the amount of transparency in elections in Iran, and has fired and reinstated Presidential cabinet appointments.

Candidates for Presidential election 2017

Iran Parties and leaders

The Association of the Women of the Islamic Republic, Executives of Construction Party, The Freedom Movement of Iran, Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF), National Trust, The Office for Strengthening Unity (DTV).